You may play video games using virtual reality technology. And you may watch porn. But what about watching virtual reality porn? Imagine the experience of feeling like you're actually right there—just like you do when you're fighting evil and racking up points in your favorite video game—but a heck of a lot naughtier with way fewer articles of clothing.
If you're into getting the most "bang" for your buck while logging in for a little online pornography, VR porn may be just what you've been missing. If you're not familiar with this feel-like-you're-there (visual) stimulation, here's the skinny on the voluptuous and chiseled.
You will need a headset
In order to get the most VR action, a headset will be required. While Pornhub, who has partnered with DaBoink (which describes itself as "home to the world's best full immersion adult entertainment virtual reality world") offered a taste of VR porn without any head-mounted display, the real VR experience requires a gadget you'll wear on your head.
There are already more than 1,000 VR porn videos produced out of professional studios, according to the New York Post. That doesn't include the amateur options out there as well. Just imagine how many porn peepers are sitting at home with goofy gear on their heads, trying to get their sexy on.
The Oculus Rift is a higher-priced headset option at $599.00. Then there's the $99 Samsung Gear VR, along with multiple Google Cardboard headsets, many of which are even cheaper, as will be your VR experience. The better the gadget, the clearer and more "real" the videos will look in both 180 and 360 degree scenes. Most VR porn is viewable through both Android and iOS mobiles, and on desktops and laptops.
What you'll see
Your experience will vary from high-end professional videos, to those shot on very low-end cameras. Some can be "…shot using hacked-together dual-lens recording equipment to super high-resolution movies that can be several gigabytes in size, each," says The Daily Dot. Still, that hasn't dissuaded the 150,000 people, on average, who are watching VR porn every day, according to recent infographic from Virtual Porn 360.
There are a handful of sites specifically devoted to VR porn such as VirtualRealPorn with more 100 exclusive VR porn videos for smartphones, Gear VR, Oculus Rift, and OSVR. For these, you'll need the VirtualRealPlayer v0.7.9 beta. The player will allow the viewer to see all content on the site compatible with Oculus Rift, DK1 & DK2, and OSVR HKD on Windows computers.
Other sites offering the full experience include Pornhub as well as RedLightCenter and HoloGirlsVR, operated by Utherverse, and VRBangers. Gotta love the site names, but would a porn site by any other name sound as X-rated?
Scenes make the viewer feel like they are right in the room with the porn stars, as though one could reach out and touch one. Too bad all they'll be touching is something a lot closer to home. Most videos are pre-taped, but new offerings have live-cams with actors and actresses performing in real time, making the moment even more realistic.
So if "regular" porn is getting too ho-hum for your taste, VR porn may be your next step into something more exciting. Just make sure your underwear matches your goggles.
